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Informed Decision Heads Chicago Handicap

Informed Decision Heads Chicago Handicap

Informed Decision, last year's champion female sprinter, returns to Arlington Park to to defend her title in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (gr. III).

 Friday, July 02, 2010

MTR Gaming Earnings Down for 2009

MTR Gaming Group reported declines in revenue and earnings for 2009, but also saw improvement in these areas for the fourth quarter of the year.

 Friday, March 12, 2010

Bennett Scores 3,000th Training Victory

Gerald Bennett, who 33 years ago won with the first horse he ever saddled at old Greenwood Race Track in Toronto, registered the 3,000th victory of his career Aug. 28 when Shegoestoeleven won in a photo finish in the eighth race at Presque Isle Downs.

 Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Solid Field Set For Presque Isle Masters

Solid Field Set For Presque Isle Masters

Miss Macy Sue and Wild Gams, a pair of graded stakes winners who finished one-two in the race last year, have been ticketed to go postward again in the second running of the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes Sept. 13.

 Wednesday, September 10, 2008

MTR Gaming Reports Second-Quarter Loss

MTR Gaming Group Inc. reported Aug. 9 it swung to a loss in the second quarter due to costs related to the launch of its new slots parlor at Presque Isle Downs racetrack in Pennsylvania.

 Thursday, August 09, 2007

Presque Isle Plans 25 Nights for Opening Season

Presque Isle Downs, currently under construction near Erie, Pa., plans to offer 25 nights of Thoroughbred racing for its inaugural season in September 2007, track officials and horsemen said.

 Tuesday, December 12, 2006

MTR Gaming To Build New Track in Erie

With minimal discussion, Pennsylvania racing commissioners Thursday morning granted MTR Gaming permission to build and operate a new racetrack in Erie.

 Thursday, September 26, 2002

Slot Machines Discussed In Pennsylvania

Presque Isle Downs, the Thoroughbred racetrack proposed for Erie, Pa., was the subject of a Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission hearing Oct. 9 in Erie.

 Monday, October 08, 2001